On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Eric Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > The OODB license that OSM uses places requirements on data consumers.
Eric, it's really neither accurate nor helpful to refer to OSM as being licensed under OODB... ;) I guess you intended to say ODbL instead of OODB, but even so, neither is correct. OSM content is licensed under CC-BY-SA. There is a process in place to move it to ODbL but until that actually happens, if it ever does, it is firmly licensed under CC-BY-SA. At the current rate of progress it will continue to be licensed under CC-BY-SA for some time yet. 80n > There are people exploring shifting the USGS license model but that may > take an Act of Congress (literally!). > > Of course, this means all of the data in a USGS fork can be put into OSM. > Also, any code changes we make would be offered to the community. > > -Eric > > -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- > Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:27:49 -0600, Eric Wolf wrote: >> >> > An initial project has started at the USGS to explore using the OSM >> > stack to facilitate our data integration and, eventually, involve more >> > user generated content (i.e., give a home to The National Map Corps). >> > The project is currently titled the OpenStreetMap Collaborative >> > Prototype (OSMCP). It's a really small team (three people, part time) >> > working on this. Initially we are working with a state GIO (geographic >> > information office), loading their data into OSMCP, configuring the >> > tools to use our schema and then co-editing the data. It's really just a >> > "see what temperature the water is" kind of project right now but will >> > be expanding later this year and next. >> >> Given the sparsity of mappers in the United States, why not directly >> contribute to the project, rather than attempting to fork it? The USGS >> could be a bigger asset to OSM than the US Census. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > >
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